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We have an onboard credit from our travel agent. We were wondering if it is refundable if we do not use the whole amount as we have already prepaid gratuities and tend to do our own shore excursions. I had read before that there was a casino option that has a percentage taken off but I would like to know if it is still possible to do this. Some comments have been confusing as to whether or not this is still possible. Other posts have mentioned that guest relations desk can refund this type of onboard credit.

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We have an onboard credit from our travel agent. We were wondering if it is refundable if we do not use the whole amount as we have already prepaid gratuities and tend to do our own shore excursions. I had read before that there was a casino option that has a percentage taken off but I would like to know if it is still possible to do this. Some comments have been confusing as to whether or not this is still possible. Other posts have mentioned that guest relations desk can refund this type of onboard credit.

Once you get onboard you can confirm with Guest Services, but OBC from a travel agent is usually fully refundable on the last day of the cruise.

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island lady "Live from...." Rare

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You can withdraw the amount from your account using the sea pass in the casino, but they will charge you 5%.

 

Is that still current? The last time I tried to do that, the cashiers desk would not give me cash, and sent me to one of the tables to buy chips.

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Is that still current? The last time I tried to do that, the cashiers desk would not give me cash, and sent me to one of the tables to buy chips.

On the last few cruises we were able to use our OBC at the tables in casino,example:100obc was deleted from our account +5.00 fee,at the end of our trip any OBC left was given to us as cash at the service desk,w/o a fee.

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island lady "Live from...." Rare

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They gave me cash in the casino on the EN two weeks ago

 

Thanks! I guess once again: RCI...Really Consistently Inconsistent. ;)

 

Have two larger OBC on next couple of Oasis cruises coming up. Would be nice to get cash in the casino for some of it. :D

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You never mention on board credit, right? You just ask for a cash advance against your on board account?

 

I never mentioned OBC either, but cashier would not give cash, only chips at the tables. Odd ball ship I guess, one of the smaller ones, but can't remember which one. :confused::o

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I never mentioned OBC either, but cashier would not give cash, only chips at the tables. Odd ball ship I guess, one of the smaller ones, but can't remember which one. :confused::o

I wonder what they would have done if you said you wanted to play slots?

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I know at one time some ships were giving out a voucher that you could use in the slot machines,

 

You could insert it then hit payout and get a voucher redeemable for cash.

They are probably working on a way for the slot machines to produce non-cashable vouchers.

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Rigby the Dog

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I never mentioned OBC either, but cashier would not give cash, only chips at the tables. Odd ball ship I guess, one of the smaller ones, but can't remember which one. :confused::o

So why not get chips at the table, not play, get up and walk over to the cashier and exchange the chips for cash?

 

Or, can't you just put your card in a slot machine, download the equivalent of the onboard cash as a room charge, don't play, take out the card, walk over to the cashier, hand then the card and get the cash for what's on the card?

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So why not get chips at the table, not play, get up and walk over to the cashier and exchange the chips for cash?

 

Or, can't you just put your card in a slot machine, download the equivalent of the onboard cash as a room charge, don't play, take out the card, walk over to the cashier, hand then the card and get the cash for what's on the card?

 

Slots do not accept seapass cards.

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So why not get chips at the table, not play, get up and walk over to the cashier and exchange the chips for cash?

 

Or, can't you just put your card in a slot machine, download the equivalent of the onboard cash as a room charge, don't play, take out the card, walk over to the cashier, hand then the card and get the cash for what's on the card?

 

As I mentioned....I don't spend much time in the casino...at all. So not familiar with the ins and outs of those tricks.

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Just got off 2 week cruise on the oasis, 1st week, Sept 2, got $300.00 cash, was charged 5 percent. 2nd week, sept. 9th, got $300.00 cash and there was no fee involved, both weeks I had money from travel agent, no difference in status or anything, but one week charged 5% one week I was not.

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Just got off 2 week cruise on the oasis, 1st week, Sept 2, got $300.00 cash, was charged 5 percent. 2nd week, sept. 9th, got $300.00 cash and there was no fee involved, both weeks I had money from travel agent, no difference in status or anything, but one week charged 5% one week I was not.

 

I thought OBC from TAs were 100% refundable? Or could pull 100% at Guest Services?

 

The non-refundable OBC, as I understand it I thought, is from RCI promos.

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